Career and Technical Education
Career and Technical Education (CTE) is an integral part of the comprehensive secondary school program in Wake County.
The mission of Career and Technical Education is to provide offerings that meet student needs, interests, abilities, and aspirations and respond to actual or anticipated opportunities for employment, advanced education, and practical life application. The Career and Technical Education Section promotes best practices that enhance teacher effectiveness to improve student achievement and encourage responsible career choices.
Middle school students are offered exploratory courses in business and information technologies, life skills, technology systems, and career decisions. Each middle school has a Career Development Coordinator to support the school-to-career connection and facilitate business alliance activities.
In the high schools, introductory courses are available at grades 9 and 10, advanced and specialized instruction at grades 11 and 12. Courses are offered in the areas of agriculture, business and information technology, career development, health occupations, family and consumer sciences, marketing, technology, and trade and industry. Each high school has a Career Development Coordinator to support the school-to-career connection and facilitate business alliance activities. Special Populations Coordinators provide support services for qualifying students needing special assistance or intervention to succeed in a CTE course. Dual enrollment and advanced placement opportunities are available at local community colleges.
This CTE website provides information for school administrators, teachers, and other staff to support the management of CTE programs at the school level. The information and procedures outlined are based on federal, state, and local regulations governing Career and Technical Education funding.
- CTE Goal. CTE Goal 2008.
- CTE Staff. Contact information for the CTE staff at the Central Office.
- Courses. Valuable information about our CTE courses.
- Course Resources. Course numbers, blueprints, curriculum guides, pacing guides.
- CTE Instructional Management System.
- Funding CTE Programs
- Purchasing. Procedures and forms used to purchase equipment and supplies with CTE funds.
- Reimbursement. Procedures and forms used to get reimbursed.
- Travel. Procedures and forms to get reimbursed for CTE-related travel.
- Request for Leave requiring a CTE-paid substitute teacher.
- Job Descriptions. A listing of CTE job descriptions.
- Special Populations
- School Volunteers
- CTSOs - Career and Technical Student Organizations
- School-to-Career
- CTE Resources
- CTE Meetings and Activities Calendar
- National Board Certified CTE Teachers
Dear CTE Teachers and Staff Members,
Welcome to the 2008-09 school year! I look forward to working with you again this year to promote successful Career and Technical Education programs throughout the Wake County Public School System. CTE professionals are among the most enthusiastic, caring, flexible, and hard working in any school. The examples that each of you set for your students and your colleagues speak volumes about the value of CTE within the total educational program.
In 2007-08, over 540 CTE teachers, CDCs, SPCs, CACs, and Central Services staff members served 64,337 middle and high school students enrolled in our programs. The 2007-08 school year saw changes to the evaluation and reporting of Career and Technical Education postassessment data. Because last year's data were based on scaled scores, we cannot compare them to the performance data of previous years. That data now serves as the standard upon which to gauge our 2008-09 performance. By using the many instructional resources available to us, singularly concentrating on promoting student learning, teaching the approved curriculum, regularly assessing our students' progress, and continually adjusting instruction to meet students' needs, we will help all of our students learn and succeed. Dr. Burns has directed us to maintain a laser focus on results and to promote the highest level of student achievement, while eliminating the achievement gap. Working together we can meet that challenge.
Virtually everything you need to know about CTE personnel, policies, and procedures can be found on the CTE web site at:
This web site is the product of the collective efforts of the entire CTE Central Services staff, with feedback from you. We have tried to make it comprehensive and concise. We encourage you to take the time now to review it thoroughly, and then refer to it frequently during the year. If you do not find the information you seek, contact the CTE staff member who can best provide the assistance you need. We are confident that you will find this site to be a valuable and user-friendly resource throughout the year.
Our staff is eager to help you reach your professional goals and to provide the resources you need to help all students graduate on time, prepared for the future. Please accept my best wishes for a safe, successful, and rewarding school year.
Sincerely,
David Rockefeller
This page was last updated on August 15, 2008